Baling-press.



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Patented Dec. 27, 1910.

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THOMAS H. DISERENS, OF DALLAS, TEXAS.

BALING-PRESS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 8. 1910.

Patented Dec. -7, 1910.

Serial No. 565,384.

To all whom it may concern: t

Be it known that l. 'lnouxs ll. DisEnExS. citizen of the United States. residing at Dal- 3 las, in the county of Dallas and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Ruling-Presses. of which the following is a speeitit ation. I

This invention has relation to presses and particularly to power hating presses. The object of the invention is the provis on of certain novel features of construction. such as hopper fe ding wings. vertically operating tampers. and reciprocating plungers cooperating with the wings and the tamper-s, in combination with novel operatmg devices.

Finall the object of the invention is to provide means of the character described that will be strong, durable. etlicient. and easy at operation. simple and 'comparativclv t inexpensive to construct. and also in which the several parts will not l)(."lll(tl to get out of working order. i

With the above and other objects in view, the invention has relation to certain novel features of construction and operation. an example f which described in this speeilieation and illustrated in the accompanying} drawings. wherein:

Figure l. is a side elevation of the press. g Fig. is a vertical section through one of i the press boxes. Fig. 3. is a plan view. Fig. l. is an end elevation, Fig. 5. is a detail of the 1 transmission and clutch. Fig. (3. is a detail in vertical section of one of the plunger heads and adjacent parts. Fig. 7. is a detail of one of the wingswiuging cams and parts. and Fig. 8. is a detail in section of the tamper and wing operating mechanism at one side of the press.

In the drawings. the numeral 1, designates the frame of the press on the rear portion of which cross bars :2 are secure l. These bars support an underhnng plate 3 against which a pivoted truck -l bears. The truck is support d on a pair of rear wheels i 5 and adapted to be rotated by a steering rod (3 having a pinion T at its lower end engaging with the truck. At the central portion of the press and at the forward end of the frame. a feeding box 8 is formed at each 3 side. These feeding boxes are supported on i a transverse axle 9 fixed in ground wheels 10 at its ends. Each feeding box comprises transverse side boards 11 connected at their inner ends by a vertical wall 12. The wall 1'? projects below the side boards and forms one side of a baling chamber 13. Angle irons 1- and top and bottom plates are disposed so to form bale guides at each side of the press and a baling chamber at the bottom of each feeding box. A vertical plate It} co-acts with the bottom plate 15 and wall 12 in forming each baling chamber 13. As shown in Figs. 2 and (3 the top plate 15 is bent to form a downwardly extending dog 17 at the feeding box which prevents the plunger from drawing material back into the baling chamber. in

l which action it is assisted by spring dogs 18 on each side of each baling chamber. In each baling chamber a plunger 19 is supported on rollers 20 rolling on the bottom plate 15. At its outer end the plunger has a curved vertical shoe 9.1 in position to be engaged by rollers 22 of a pressing wheel The plunger is guided and held in position by a roller 24. In each feeding box a tamper 23 is arranged. This tamper 15 of such size as to freely enter the hating chamher and carries on its outer edge a vertical guard sheet 26 fitting snugly between the side boards 11 and extending to the upper edge of the same when the tamper is in its lowermost position. Each plunger has a top plate 27 which prevents material falling thereunder. When the tamper is in its lowermost position it is just over the guard 5 date in each feedin box. Each tan.- )61 is pivotally supported on the lower ends of upwardly diverging knuckle links :28. The knuckle links in each feeding box are fixed at their upper end on short transverse I shafts 29 v upported in brackets 30. It; is

apparent that when the knuckle joints are straightened out as indicated in Fig. 2, they j will not yield to upward pressure against the tamper 25. Over each feeding box muf tilated gears 31 are fixed on the shafts 29 and adapted to engage channel racks 32.

-ward and straightened out.

'a shifting frame 34. The racks 3'. over each feeding box engage on opposite sides of the gears 0 that it the frame is moved in one direction the knuckle links 28 will be broken and swung upward and when the said frame is moved in the reversed direction. the knuckle links will be. swung down- It is apparent that this movement of the knuckle links raises and lowers each tamper. Each shitting frame is operated by rollers and 31'} mounted on opposite sides of a disk 37. The disk ST is mounted on a transverse shaft 38 rotating in brackets 39 secured on the upper ends of the walls 12. lt is obvious that as the disk 3? is revolved the roller 3.". on one side w.== engage the frame 34 and shift it to the left (Fig. 2) which will swing the knuckle links and tamper upward. During this movement the roller 36 being on the opposite side of the disk will not contact with the frame until after it has been shifted to the l ft. when the roller 36 will engage a cam -!="I and shift the frame to the right (Fig. 2) which will swing the links and tamper downward. lhe frame is slotted to recei e the disk when said i 'anie shifted to the left. i

It is obvious that the side boards 11 projecting outwardly from each guard sheet 24'; form the sides of hoppers. letween each pair ot side boards a wing 41 is arranged being pivoted at its lower end to the upper outer corner of the baling chamber and resting against a cross bar 42 when in its open poition. When the tamper down the hopper on each side of the pre s is formed by the side hoards l]. the sheet 26 and the wing ll. The material to he pressed is "fed into these hoppers. For swinging each wing upward a hell c'ank lever 43 hinged to the lower outer side of the baling chamber is provided. it its upper and outer end each lever has pivotal connection with a short link it pivotally connected to the wing. At its inne' end the lever 43 has connection with the lower end of a tripping lever 45 having its upper end forked at 46. The forked portion of the lever straddles the shaft on each side of a quadrant l7 fixed on the sl'att 39. At one end the quadrant earries a roller 48 adapted to engage the curved face of a cam if) projecting from the lever 45. It is obvious that the engagement of the rollers with the cams 45) will depress the levers l5 and swing the wings 41 upward in the hoppers which will throw the material into the baling chambers. the tampers and guard sheets 26 having been raised by the shifting frame. By observing Fig. 2 it will be noted that the roller 48 occupies a position midway between the rollers 35 and 36. By this arrangement the roller 35will have shifted the frame 3% and raised the tamper and guard sheetahout two-thirds their Upward movement lltlult-ftltt: roller in begins to depress the cam -l.) and swing the wing 41 upward.

For ope ating the various parts and for imparting motion to the axle it a suitable engine (not shown) may be mounted on the frame 1 between the feeding boxes This engine drives a transmission and clutch by suitable connection with a shalt 50. As shown in Fig. 3. the shaft has lituttttltd thereon. a gear 51 which meshes with a gear 52 of equal diameter mounted on a shaft 52). This gearing causes the shafts 30 and 53 to revolve in opposite directions. ()n the end of each shaft a friction cone pinion 54 is fixed. friction disks 53. \Yhile the shafts 3 and It? and the pinions revolve in opposite direction, the disks 53 are caused to revolve in the same direction. Each disk as shown in Fig. 5 has an elongated hub 56 provided with a sprocket 5? near its outer end. The. disks are loosely m unted on a drive shaft 58 and on each side of a collar 5! lixed on Said shaft. On each side the collar has a pocket tit) adapted to receive a spring iiressed clutch pin til mounted to slide through the adjacent disk and sprocket 5?. Each clut h pin is provided with a lever 2 by whi h the pin may be moved luu'izontally and engaged against a stud 3 projecting from huh 56 and thus lock the pin out of engagement with the pocket of the collar 59. When the pins are in engagement with the poet s (30 motion will be imparted to the shaft 3* and when the pins are withdrawn the disks 5.) and their hubs and sprockets will revolve freely upon the shaft .38 which will remain idle. The sprockets 57 have connection by means of chains (34 with sprockets G5 mounted loosely en the axle 9. Suitable clutches (it; are provided and adapted to be engaged with the sprockets 6? whereby motion will be transmitted to the axle. \Yhen the press is being ope Med and it is not desired to propel the same. the clutches 66 are thrown out of engagement with the sprockets 33.

As shown in Figs. 3 and 5 the shaft .')R is supported in hearing boxes (37 mounted on the frame. 1. The ends of the shaft project beyond the frame 1 and have fixed thereon pinions OS. A shaft (2%) is mounted in bearings T0 on frame 1 and on the ends of this shaft the pressing wheels :23 are fixed. Each pressing wheel provided with an internal gear rack 71 disposed on its inner periphery and engaged by one of the pinions ()8. In this way motion is transmitted to the pressing wheel by the shaft 58, except when the clutch pins are withd awn from the pockets (30 of the collar 59. It is obvious that as the pressing wheels are. revolved, the rollers 22 will successively engage the shoe 21 and These pinions engage with beveled force the plunger 19 of each baling ehamher into the same twice during the revolution of each pressing wheel. the resiliency of the material in the haling chambers causin the plungers to rebound into the path or the rollers 22. On the shaft (39 a sprocket T2 is fixed and drives by a chain T3. at sprocket Tl fixed on the shaft 38. The relative diameters of the sprockets T2 and T4 are such as tocause the shaft and the part lixed thereon to revolve twice. or make two complete revolutions to one complete revolution of the shaft 69 and pressing wheels 23. lhe parts are so timed that the plunger-s will be driven into the baling chambers at the time the tampers 25 are in their lowermost position and the wings 41 swung outward.

it will be understood that material thrown into the hoppers is forced into the feeding boxes. under the tampers 25 by the wings 41 after the tampers have been raised and then forced down into the baling chambers by the tampers as the same are lowered. The material thus forced down into the baling chambers is baled by the plungers when the same are driven inward. the baled or compressed material being forced outward between the plates 15. The density of the bales may be varied by adjusting the hand wheels T5 which are provided with threaded shanks passing through cross heads T6 and hearing on cross bars 77. The cross heads T6 hare connection with bottom bars 79 by side linlis T9. By adjusting the hand wheels and moving the bars T7 and cross heads 76 apart. the plates 15 are d awn together which would converge said plates. offer more resistant-e to the pas age of the baled or compressed material and increase the density.

\Yhat I claim is:

1. in a hating press. a frame. baling chambers at each side of the. frame. plungers operating in the chan'ibers. tampers reciprocating over the baling'r-hambers. side hoards above the chambers. a guard sheet carried by each tamper between the side hoards. a wing pivoted between each pair of side boards. and mechanism for swinging the wings and reciprocating the plungers and the tampers.

*2. In a baling press. a frame. feeding boxes mounted on the frame. baling chainhers in the lower portion of the feeding boxes. phmgers reciprocating in the chambers. pressing wheels mounted on the frame and operating the plungers. a tamper reciprocating vertically in each feeding box. a vertical guard sheet. carried by each tamper. and a swin ing wing in each feeding box mounted outside of the tamper.

3. In a baling chamber. a frame. feeding boxes mounted on the frame. baling chambeis in the lower portion of the feeding boxes. plungers reciprocating in the chamhers. pressing wheels mounted on the frame and operating the plunge-rs. a tamper reciprocating vertically in each feeding box. a vertical guard sheet carried by each tamper. a swinging wing in each feeding' box mounted outside of the tamper. and means for swinging the wings when the tampers are raised.

4.131 a baling press. a frame. feeding boxes mounted on the frame. plungers reciprocating in the feeding boxes. tampers reciprocating in the feeding boxes. wings swinging laterally in the feeding boxes. a shaft extending transversely of the feeding boxes. devices mounted on the shaft for reciprocating the tampers and swinging the wings. and means for imparting rotation to the. shaft.

In a baling press. a feeding box. a tamper mounted in the feeding box, links. supporting the tamper. a shifting frame for swinging the links. a shaft associated with the frame. a device carried on the shaft engaging the frame for shifting the same. and means for imparting rotation to the shaft.

(3. In a baling press. a feeding box. a re.- ciprocating tamper mounted in the feeding box. a swinging wing mounted in the box. a lever having connection with the wing. an operating shaft mounted above the feeding box. a rod connected to the lever and engaging the shaft. and a depressing device carried by the shaft and engaging with the rod.

T. In a baling press operating mechanism. a wing. a tansvcrse shaft. a shifting frame at right angles to the shaft. a device mounted on the shaft and engaging the frame for shifting the same. a wing ope 'ating rod engaging the shaft. and a device carried on the shaft for depressing the rod.

8. In In a baling press. a frame. feeding boxes mounted on the frame. plungers operating in the feeding boxes. tampers reciprocating in the boxes. a shaft mounted near the feeding boxes. connections with the tamp' ers arranged to be swung by the shaft. pressmg wheels mounted on the frame. devices carried by'the wheels in position to engage the plunge-rs. a drive shaft mounted on the frame. pinions on the drive shaft engaging with the pressing wheels. and means for imparting rotation to the drive shaft.

9. In a baling press. a frame. feeding boxes mounted on the frame, plunger-s operating in the feeding boxes. tampers reciprocating in the boxes. a shaft mounted near the feeding boxes. connections with the tampers arranged to be swung by the shaft. pressing wheels mounted on the frame, devices carried by the wheels in position to engage the plungers, a drive shaft mounted on the frame. pinions on the drive shaft engaging with the pressing wheels, and mecha- 5 &

nism for imparting rotation to the drive? shaft. comprising, friction disks mounted] loosely on the shaft, 3 collar fixed on the shaft.- between the disks clutch devices extending through the disks adapted to engage the collar, and a transmission device for imparting motion in the same direction to both disks.

In testiniony whereof I have signed in) name #0 HS. specification in the presence of 10 two subscribing \YIUICSSQS.

THOMAS H. DISERENS.

Witnesses JACK A. SGHLEY, Z. M. DUCKWORTII. 

